Oh, the things we can do on the laser!

[Gary and Jessica Houghton]

Once again I have used my laser in association with food! This time it was for my son's birthday party! What's a shark without any teeth? We have themed birthdays in my house and I typically make birthday cakes for the children. We went with a shark theme this year. We needed teeth and the laser came in handy yet again!

Enjoy!

Yes, I guess I should list materials... The teeth are made of 1/8" White Acrylic.

[Joe Pelonio]

Very creative! What was the teeth "material" you cut on the laser?

[Gary and Jessica Houghton]

Acrylic...

[Joe Pelonio]

Have you tried engraving sugar cookies? By the time I tried it my kids were too old to appreciate it.

[Chuck Stone]

Looks like Domo Kun's teeth

[Gary and Jessica Houghton]

Have you tried engraving sugar cookies? By the time I tried it my kids were too old to appreciate it.
Sugar cookies? I'd have to bake them first. I am not Suzy Homemaker. I guess I get the award for worst mom. I might buy some and etch them. I have etched rocks with transformers face and a web. I guess I'm the worst mom...

[Gary and Jessica Houghton]

Looks like Domo Kun's teeth
Who's that?

[Chuck Stone]

http://wottoncool.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/domo_kun.jpghttp://wottoncool.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/domo_kun.jpg (http://wottoncool.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/domo_kun.jpg)

[Amy Shelton]

Nope, anyone who makes shark cakes with engraved teeth, and engraves transformers faces on rocks get the award for BEST mom! Hope your son had a very happy birthday! (and I hope he didn't get injured on the teeth! lol)

[paul mott]

I don't know if this is relevant but I have just made some of these little sugar bicycles.
They were not 'cut out' as such, they were printed by the 'Selective Laser Scintillation' process http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Selective_laser_melting_system_schematic.jpg
Not very high quality, I know, but it is work in progress and my candy products can only get better (or eaten :) ).

Paul.


http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=15448.0;attach=218 76;image

[Andrea Weissenseel]

Paul this is COOL :cool:, what settings did you use with what kind of laser ?

Cheers, Andrea

[paul mott]

Hi Andrea,

I run my laser from GCode programs, pre-setting the laser power and using axis speed to control cutting depth / penetration etc.

This bike was made in two layers (using a stacking frame system) and was drawn with the same vector toolpath I had used previously to cut the same part from acrylic. This is what it looked like when the top frame was removed.

Paul.

http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=15448.0;attach=218 74;image

[Gary and Jessica Houghton]

That's way cool Paul. Have you tried colored sugar? That would be very cool!

Amy, thanks for the kind words. Nobody was hurt by the teeth. I made them out of two pieces, so before I cut the shark open, I pulled out his dentures!

[paul mott]

That's way cool Paul. Have you tried colored sugar? That would be very cool!


No yet. I am currently making a new 'building jig' before proceeding further but colored sugar sounds great, thanks for the suggestion.

Paul.

[Martin Boekers]

Nice, not only that but you can literally eat your mistakes!:D

[Phil Brevick]

I'll have to try the sugar! Great idea! My kids will love it!

[Chris DeGerolamo]

If I had my micro sd card adapter, I'd upload a picture of a Hershey chocolate bar I engraved to read "Happy 30th Birthday" in a nice script font...you get good results with low power, higher speed with one or two passing depending. I was disappointed with the [lack of] smell...thought the office would have smelled like smores.

[Adam Orton]

Hope I did this right. I saw the Domo Kun pics and had to add my Domo Kun project. It's very simple and is popular with my friends with MP3 players and such.

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